Technical Quotation Analyst

Responsibilities

• Acts as the internal contact for quote-related inquiries from the Solution Center, Regional Sales Managers, manufacturer’s representatives, and agents.
• Collections relevant quote information to understand customer requirements, application needs, drawings, specifications, volumes, timing, commercial expectations, and other quote inputs.
• Develops and prepares cost estimates to assist in pricing decisions.
• Works with Purchasing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Engineering to obtain accurate cost estimates and supporting cost inputs.
• Provides estimates for planning purposes and detailed itemized estimates based on final plans, specifications, drawings, bills of material, labor assumptions, and manufacturing requirements.
• Estimates, upon computing cost factors, items for management purposes such as planning, organizing, scheduling work, preparing bids, selecting vendors or subcontractors through internal stakeholder input, and determining cost effectiveness.
• Works with Engineering and Purchasing to ensure customers have up-to-date prints and pricing to reflect the product quoted and to provide customers with updated pricing for all new and existing products.
• Reviews customer requirements, drawings, specifications, and application information to identify missing information, unclear scope, risk items, cost drivers, or assumptions that may impact pricing.
• Covers internally with Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Purchasing, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Sales, and Operations to ensure quote inputs are complete and aligned.
• Supports quote review, opportunity review, risk review, by communicating estimate basis, assumptions, open items, and cost drivers.
• Maintains organized quote records, estimate files, cost assumptions, pricing support documentation, and related reference information.
• Reviews prior estimates and actual cost information, when available, to improve future quote accuracy and consistency.
• Supports continuous improvement of quote templates, cost models, estimating processes, documentation practices, and quote-cycle efficiency.
• Supports quote and estimating activities for customers in regulated or contract-driven industries, including aerospace, medical devices, DoD, ITAR-controlled programs, and government contract environments.
• Reviews customer requirements and internal feedback to identify potential cost impacts related to documentation, compliance, quality, testing, inspection, export control, traceability, cybersecurity, or special process requirements.
• Ensures estimates consider requirements such as certifications, qualification testing, first article inspection, material traceability, validation, controlled technical data handling, and customer-specific documentation needs.
• Works with appropriate internal stakeholders to ensure customer-sensitive, ITAR-controlled, export-controlled, or government contract information is handled according to company procedures.

Requirements

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Three or more years of experience in quoting, estimating, cost analysis, applications support, technical sales support, manufacturing support, commercial operations, program support, or a related technical/commercial role.
• Experience developing or supporting cost estimates, quotations, bids, or customer proposal packages.
• Ability to read and interpret customer specifications, drawings, technical documents, statements of work, business documents, and internal cost information.
• Strong ability to collect, organize, analyze, and validate information from Sales and internal stakeholders.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems, quoting tools, estimating systems, engineering documentation systems, or reporting tools preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Program Management.
• Ability to manage multiple quotes, deadlines, open actions, and changing priorities with high attention to detail.
• Experience within regulated or technical manufacturing environments such as aerospace, medical device, DoD, ITAR, or government contract work is preferred.